To coincide with baseball’s opening day, Facebook is releasing the results of its look at the millions of members around the world who have hit the “Like” button for their team, or who posted updates about their feelings about their team after a win or a loss. In findings that could provoke a barroom brawl from Cleveland to San Francisco, the Palo Alto-based social network even developed a “fair weather fan” index for fans who only follow their team when it is winning.

Google must implement a comprehensive privacy program that includes regular privacy audits for the next 20 years, as part of a settlement with the Federal Trade Commission over its privacy mistakes with its Buzz social network.

Taking a cue from Facebook’s popular “Like” button, Google on Wednesday announced +1, a new option for its users to recommend individual search results to their friends and contacts.

Wiretap: Peter Delevett ran into Steve Poizner this week coming out of Cisco Systems, where the former GOP California gubernatorial hopeful had been pitching John Chambers on a stealth startup.

Google has made its choice: Kansas City, Kan., will get an up-to-date fiber-optic network that will connect its citizens to the Internet at speeds 100 times faster than most U.S. broadband service.

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